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Title:

Technical Evaluation of the Bamboo Species Guadua Angustifolia: Thermally Pretreated vs. Raw Material

Author(s):

Fryda, L., Daza, C.M., Pels, J., Janssen, A., Zwart, R.

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Abstract:

Bamboo is a potential sustainable biomass source for renewable heat and power production. Bamboo presents common fuel characteristics with other biomass feedstocks regarding heating value and chemical composition. So far, there are no studies on fuel properties of the bamboo species Guadua angustifolia in the heat and power sector. Scope of this paper is the technical evaluation of Guadua a. as a fuel feedstock, both untreated as well as pre­treated (torrefied), and to address the suitability and options to adapt this fast growing crop as an alternative fuel to the current power industry. This requires (a) in­depth knowledge of the crop cultivation, (b) experimental work to evaluate the fuel behaviour in thermal conversion systems and (c) optimum pretreatment conditions and techniques to introduce this novel fuel into thermal conversion systems. The experimental work is carried out at the ECN Laboratory Combustion Simulator (LCS) with the help of specially designed probes for gas and solids sampling. The results were evaluated comparatively to data available for other biomass species. Lab­scale results on firing and co­firing of the bamboo species Guadua a. are presented, either non­pretreated or torrefied, pure or in a blend with coal, providing predictive data on its combustion and deposition behavior.

Keywords:

co-firing, fouling, torrefaction, pretreatment, cofiring, feedstock, Guadua Angustifolia

Topic:

R&D on Biomass Conversion Technologies for Heating, Electricity and Chemicals

Subtopic:

Solid biofuel combustion for small and medium scale applications

Event:

21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

Session:

2CO.10.4

Pages:

608 - 616

ISBN:

978-88-89407-53-0

Paper DOI:

10.5071/21stEUBCE2013-2CO.10.4

Price:

FREE